Off the beaten path at Hogenakkal Falls
Hogenakkal Falls About180 km from Bangalore, the falls are a attractive tourist draw. Though the falls are not spectacular in themselves, they have spawned an entire tourist industry around. Of course as we are always wont to believe, the waters are holy, hence a dip in the falls is mandatory to cleanse one of accumulated sin. Though a sceptic like me prefers sin to disease that the garbage in the water is likely to spread. The waters of the Cauvery, flow through two sets of falls here, a smaller one close to the touristy places and this gorge a little way in. The Upper Falls These falls are closer to Hogenakkal, here there is a complete tourist/religious township. The railing on the right is where religious are to wash off their sins. Are those sins I see festooned on the railings? The Coracle This is the main form of water transport here. A frame of split bamboo/cane covered by blue plastic and coated in black tar. Steered by a single oar it is also the only means of propulsion.